Pedestrian and Bicycle Friendly Design

The planning and design of pedestrian/bicycle
friendly routes focuses on safety. The
practice of requiring pedestrian / bicycle friendly design that is on an equal
footing with vehicle transportation planning provides better opportunities to
consider safety, improve accessibility, and support public health.

Most of the activity around
pedestrian and bicycle friendly design is to retrofit existing roadways so that
vehicles, bikes and pedestrians safely and efficiently share the space
available in the right of way. This
includes requirements for ADA
compliance.

This tool focuses on how to
incorporate safe bicycle and pedestrian practices into your community, making
the roads a safe place for all users. Some other tools that would be beneficial
to reference are complete streets and walkable blocks.

A joint initiative of San Joaquin Valley Councils of Governments representing each of the region's eight counties, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, the Great Valley Center, and the Fresno State Community and Regional Planning Center